The novelty glass has enchanted collectors for centuries even though—or maybe because?—it's radioactive.

Question: The cut-glass bowl shown in my photo is 7 1/2 inches in diameter and 4 1/2 inches high. Purchased at a thrift shop for $6, it has a metal pan insert with a ring on each side. "Taylor Bros.

Have you noticed bowls or vases with irregular jutting edges and wondered why they weren’t symmetrical? Many antique glass bowls copied Victorian clothing fashions such as ruffling. Imitation of ...

Is it called a fruit bowl, berry bowl, fruit stand, fruit dish, epergne, basket or bride’s basket? A search of 1880s and ’90s catalogs of silver and glass tableware manufacturers had similar pieces ...